Plenty of footballers have tried to pull off the hard-man act while completing the ice bucket challenge, but former Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien made no such attempt.

The AC Milan man was nominated for the challenge by team-mate Mario Balotelli and looked fairly content as he sat reeling off the names of those he would pass the buck to, while waiting the deluge of ice water.

But Essien’s typically relaxed state quickly turned to chaos as the bucket was thrown over him, producing one of the best – and most genuine – reactions we’ve seen yet.